35th Annual TFAS Scholarship Awards Dinner

Please join The Fund for American Studies TFAS on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at The Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C., for a special celebration honoring today’s congressional and business leaders and supporting our future leaders – the 2025 TFAS students.

Developing Courageous Leaders Since 1967

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The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is an educational nonprofit that is developing courageous leaders inspired and equipped to protect and advance the ideas of individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic freedom in their communities and throughout the world.

By offering a portfolio of more than 30 academic programs, fellowships and seminars, the TFAS Journey helps cultivate future leaders from high school, all the way through to their university studies and professional careers.

TFAS builds the intellectual rigor and sustained relationships over time that result in deep impact and long-term change. After more than 50 years of programs, the evidence of TFAS’s success is clear. TFAS alumni are the leaders our nation needs right now and in the decades to come.

Today, there are nearly 53,000 TFAS alumni making a difference in their communities and throughout the world by upholding the values essential to the preservation and success of a free society.

Liberty + Leadership Podcast Latest Episode

TFAS President Roger Ream, Catherine Shea '24 and Caleb Davis '24 discuss lessons from a TFAS summer in Washington.

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Double Your Impact on TFAS Alumni Giving Day: April 30

On Wednesday, April 30, alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) will unite for a day of impact: TFAS Alumni Giving Day 2025. Now in its second year, this annual tradition brings the TFAS Alumni Network together to…

Lessons for the U.S. Economy From Microsoft’s 50 Years in Business by Roger Ream, The American Spectator

This op-ed by Roger Ream originally appeared in The American Spectator. You can find the original article here. Texaco. ITT Industries. Union Carbide. International Business Machines. Beatrice. Fifty years ago, in April 1975, these were among the largest companies…

Remembering Richard Carlson

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) mourns the passing of Richard (Dick) Carlson, a dedicated journalist, public servant, and former TFAS Board of Trustees member from 1988 to 1990. He was 84. Dick Carlson exemplified the spirit of the American project—fiercely…
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Alumni Giving Day 2025

JOIN TFAS ALUMNI ON APRIL 30 FOR TFAS ALUMNI GIVING DAY!

TFAS St. Louis Dinner and Discussion with Gerard Baker

Join TFAS for a reception and discussion featuring Gerard Baker of The Wall Street Journal, on Thursday, May 15, 2025.

TFAS Houston Dinner and Discussion with Gerard Baker

Join TFAS for a reception and discussion featuring Gerard Baker of The Wall Street Journal, on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.

LIVE. LEARN. INTERN. in Washington, DC!

TFAS programs include academic credit from George Mason University, an internship placement and furnished housing in the heart of Washington, D.C. Students participate in a variety of exclusive guest lectures, site briefings as well as professional development and networking events.

TFAS students leave Washington with 250+ hours of professional experience, an expanded network of contacts, and a greater understanding of the variety of career opportunities.